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December 2023 larger cover image
The Cover Club offers an OffBeat cover of your choice printed on canvas so you can hang your favorite OffBeat Magazine covers on the walls of your home! The December 2023 cover can be purchased here. […]
James C. “Jimmy” LaRocca (1939-2023)
New Orleans trumpet player and composer Jimmy LaRocca passed away on October 15, 2023.
Dami: Almost Home (Independent)
Dami, the up-and-coming rapper from New York who has been finding his place in the New Orleans music scene for the last three years, has released his debut EP, Almost […]
Judith Owen | Fridays Off… Beat
In episode 2 of “Fridays’s Off…Beat” which is a the collaboration with Offbeat Magazine and Loyola University New Orleans School of Music and Theater Professions, Jonathan McHugh sits down […]
Guide to October Festivals
Guide to October Festivals
Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023)
Singer songwriter, Jimmy Buffett, who launched his career in New Orleans, passed away at his home in Sag Harbor, Long Island on Friday September 1, 2023. Buffett had been fighting Merkel Cell Skin Cancer for four years. A statement from Buffet’s website said: “Jimmy passed away peacefully … surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs. He lived his life like a song ’till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”
Earl G. Perry, Jr. (1944-2023)
Photographer, attorney and good friend to OffBeat, Earl G. Perry, Jr., age 79, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, September 15, 2023.
Essence Fest celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop
Essence Fest will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop
